|ncary 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) What has started off as medium handling upgrades has become a lot more. This car is now powered by a Nissan Silvia S13 Redtop 2 liter turbocharged engine. It has serious hillclimb/clubday/targa duty in it's medium term future. If you have come here from google looking for a SR20 into E30 swap guide, it is in the Index below. You will have to sign up to this great forum to see the awesome pictures of the whole swap (worth it). You won't need to be a member to see the swap guide, the pictures are hosted externally. Index Subframe Removal Rear Suspension Paint and Ground Control Order Red Subframe, more Homemade Bushing Press Front Suspension Removal Sunroof Removal, more, more 2 x Limited Slip Differential Ground Control Kit Arrival Flames and Sparks, for the win.. Ground Control Kit Installation First Drive Report Stance Pictures Alignment Settings. Warning: Excessive Negitive Camber?!1 AKG 75D Engine Mount Install First Video : Youtube Repaint Spolier First Track Day : On Vimeo Whiteline Sway Bar Installation Wheel vs Spring rate Calculation More Videos Polycarbonate Sunroof Panel Replacement This car vs M3 CSL Engine transplant begins... New engine revealed! SR20DET Painting speedo needles Red The page where the SR20DET swap all happens.. First drive on the track report S13 SR20DET into BMW E30 Swap Guide T28 Ball Bearing Turbo purchase To-date exterior shot and bent finned turbo The gear ratios/speeds in each gear I get after the swap.. And here is the start: I've always wanted to make one of these, a build thread, it'll start off slow and teasing. But as the weeks pass it'll get better and better. I'll go with the format of adding posts rather than updating this first post. I should let you know my final goal: A stock exterior (wheels, kit etc) but with a monster of a car lurking underneath. Set up for Road Rally/muchy spirted driving 50%, Track 30% (grip and drift) and 20% Daily Driver. A hard balance, can be done though, daily driving is important, but dont mind a roughish ride if I know what it can do on a Track ahaa. Final spec list would be summarised to: S50B32 powered. GC coilovers, AKG bushings, Sway bars (t.b.a of brand) Wilwood brakes all round, with the pedal box. (I hate the brake linkage these cars have, no feel and so sloppy) A bit of lighten-ing and other things... Better seats, gearbox and diff rebuild, refresh/rebuild everything I can really. Apart from that, not molested too much, it's a classic really. I don't intend to ever sell it. Stage 1: Suspension Now this M20 lump o' iron has decent-ish power, it holds a drift in 3rd with 300000k's so I'm not complaining. A S50 will be hard to locate and if I did that first I would die. So lets be smart and responsible here, I'm not a teenager. The stock suspension is sh*t. My AKG 75D bushings arrived today, so I got the car up on the stands and begun. I made this quick vid to show you what 75D or Delrin feels like, click it. These bushings are the man, according to about 10000 people, can't wait to feel the difference. Yum. So got underneath the car, got the shocks unbolted, got the springs out (King springs. Lows I think, yellow, will be for sale soon) and got the exhaust off. New ratchet spanners, best things I've ever bought. Goning to save hours of time over their life. Of course, I had to start the car with no cat or muffler on... I'm a boy. <!--id1--><div><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value=" name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /></embed></object></div><!--id2-->And my transport to Uni and around the place while this gets done!! Loaded Dervish, Flex 2, paris trucks and Orangatang In Heat 80A wheels (the difference between 80A and 75D is huuuuuge. Youtube 'Whirling Dervish'. do it now. now. I also have a couple of vids of me riding it on my youtube account. That is all for now. Yay for lots of anonymous people viewing this. Oh well. Edited December 2, 2010 by Incary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamez 2147483647 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 i want some ratchet spanners, how much do they cost? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenday-rulz21 4 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 i want some ratchet spanners, how much do they cost?I can say they are a frickin amazing invention. Interested as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) This is gona be sick. Ultimate win Q-ship I wait with anticipation. GL man. (Ratchet Spanners, Dad got a full set of Jonnesway good quality ones for $200 ish from BNT). Can get cheap sets from Repco for about $50 Edited April 30, 2009 by Forrest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 I <3 tech1. Please dooooon't change tech1, evar. Btw, instead of shelling out for wilwoods, adaptors and brembo's from an evo/sti/gtr might be much better value for money. (I went even cheaper with nissan ones). Mine's basically a twin! ....except without the daily driver part...well, almost. /subscribed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
|ncary 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 I paid trade at Repco. Got the 2 peice set with 4 sizes per spanner and reversing switches. Your looking at under 100 EASY. For the 1 size per ratchet set of 7 with no switch (useless really) it's 150 or so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
|ncary 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 I <3 tech1. Please dooooon't change tech1, evar. Btw, instead of shelling out for wilwoods, adaptors and brembo's from an evo/sti/gtr might be much better value for money. (I went even cheaper with nissan ones). Mine's basically a twin! ....except without the daily driver part...well, almost. /subscribed! I shall never remove the Tech1, so nice, so 80's, but so timeless. Yeah there are some nice as brake kits I'm looking at, like Massive lee's kit. But I think you are onto something there. Just watching the exchange rate eh.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 34 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 Wicked - I love your video demo! I too had to run my car with no exhaust - although I went a km or 2 up the road and back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grantdavis28 8 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) love the car! but really im a longboarder at heart and the day i get my hands on a Loaded Dervish this will happen: im rolling on a layback at the mo and they just dont cut it.... Loaded FTMFW!!!!!! Edited April 30, 2009 by SLAY Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 Looking good mate, id go with the adaptor/brembo combo if I was you, I will later on when I get more serious Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CamB 48 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) I hate to be the voice of reason but the adapter and Evo brembo option will be even harder than the wilwood (Massive) option or Nissan option to find wheels for. E30 M3 with them needed 17s, no dish. I'm gonna watch this one with interest - I like a good project Edited April 30, 2009 by CamB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ari Gold Report post Posted April 30, 2009 josh or incary gets their e30 on the road first, place your bets now! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 i drove all the way through albany to the exhaust shop with just the manifold. was awesome, didn't run too well though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 Keen to see this progress Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danthaman01 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 love the car! but really im a longboarder at heart and the day i get my hands on a Loaded Dervish this will happen: im rolling on a layback at the mo and they just dont cut it.... laybacks are dope!!! hahaha nice board and nice car interesting to see the progress Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjay 8 Report post Posted April 30, 2009 Woo, Im not teh only skater on the boards! Do you have a goal for power figures? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
|ncary 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2009 The S50's stock 320hp will be plently eh, it will match the chassis's capibilities. Any more than that won't be fast on a bumpy road. I reckon anyway. Well, thanks for the comments all, hope I can get this project moving at a decent speed. I'll be ordering the GC kit and sway bars next week. Skipped my only lecture this morning and dropped the subframe. I was f**king thankful to not have it stuck to the car like I've read so many stories about.. It litterally fell off once I gave it a shake and lowered the jack under the diff. Bitch of a nut to undo. For reference, it's 22mm. The internet said 21mm, stupid internets. *haha actually just now found a walk-through saying they are 22mm. Much better internets. Remove brake lines, butane helps here, they come apart so nicely after burning them for 20 seconds. You have to take the rotor off and disassemble the parking brake to get the cable free. Then the cable and housing just needs pulling out of the back of the hub. Good time to do this project... These are hell worn. Parking brake bits where they sit in the rotor. Diff bolt out and diff supported. I was underneath the diff when I got the bolt out and it dropped about 1cm, poos inducing. ABS sensor, almost missed these.. Won't have ABS after I get the new brakes anyway though.. Have to either take the whole driveshaft out or undo this fuel line between both sides of the gas tank, or the subframe just won't come down. ~ Success! 1 crushed bucket and 2 bent brake sheilds, but smooth as removal. Caked breather for Diff. Now I know why there was such amazing clunking when getting on and off the throttle sharply in th lower gears. Rooted. And also why the car steers itself at the back... Have Physics exam tonight and a very busy weekend, so probably not too much happening this week. Will be swapping in my very low kays LSD and cleaning and painting the subframe and arms. Also have rebuilt calipers from my last e30, and slotted rear rotors ready to go in, So I might be able to take it for a drive in a couple of weeks to feel these new bushings, then swap the suspension in. Nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
|ncary 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2009 Oh and during this I wrote off one of my new ratchet spanners, no more clicking on the 17/14mm end. Taking them back to Repco. Powerbuilt FTL. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted May 1, 2009 I'm not sure you can legally remove the ABS unless you remove the entire system - might pay to check before you do it. Have you got an S50 lined up? Good luck if you haven't yet, can't wait to see the finished product! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
|ncary 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2009 Well that's the idea Remove the whole system. I wish to develop my driving skills without any aids at all. I'll probably source the S50 from overseas... Unless one pops up here. Won't be looking into that for another 6 months though.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted May 1, 2009 Nice work on the subframe, have just done mine and ended up jumping on the one side that wouldn't come off the thread of the bolt My center prop shaft bearing, boot and mount was worse than yours, 95% off the rubber boot was torn, now I know why I had terrible clunks. This is gona be the ultimate win project. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tire 10 Report post Posted May 1, 2009 Ugh I love it. This is exactly what I want to do one day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
|ncary 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2009 Spent a couple of hours today seperating all the bits out. Forgot to undo the half shafts from the diff while the driveshaft was still attatched. Durr. Had to bolt the wheels back on the hubs for the leverage. Now I have 2 3.64 LSD's and 1 3.46 open diff. Yus, spares. Gotta get to a press now, can't get the old bushings out with anything I own. Although, I could burn them out......................................................... Will start on the front suspension next week. Just have to get 2 more jack stands. Don't trust bricks after my last experience with them. The motorsport shocks and King Springs (Yellow ones, Lows?) will be for sale then. PM me now if you are keen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 34 Report post Posted May 3, 2009 Spent a couple of hours today seperating all the bits out. Forgot to undo the half shafts from the diff while the driveshaft was still attatched. Durr. Had to bolt the wheels back on the hubs for the leverage. Next time use a rattle gun Gotta get to a press now, can't get the old bushings out with anything I own. Although, I could burn them out......................................................... You wouldn't be the first or last. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
|ncary 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2009 I would get an air compressor but as you can see I don't have any garage space to use... That butane torch has saved so many stripped nuts in it's lifetime. I think I will add bushing burner to it's CV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
